Advanced Nurse or Clinical Practitioner

at  Manor Practice

The ANP or ACP will work autonomously within their professional scope of practice providing care for patients face to face, by telephone consultation and via home visits. The postholder will operate within their own sphere of competence and agreed acceptable limits of practice to provide expert professional clinical advice to patients, carers and colleagues and ensuring clinical safety and excellence at all times. The ANP or ACP will prioritise and triage the needs of patients and make any necessary referrals for advice, treatment or investigations in the appropriate manner. The postholder will use skills, knowledge and competencies as a fully qualified ANP or ACP and non-medical prescriber in order to be responsible and accountable for managing patient caseloads, referrals, admission to hospital if required and discharge from care as needed.
In accordance with the practice timetable, the post-holder will undertake a variety of duties, including: face to face consultations, telephone consultations and answering queries visiting patients at home in relation to acute and chronic presentations participating in triage and reviewing incoming pathology results and clinical letters prescribe and review medication that is appropriate to the patient needs and in accordance with the latest evidence based practice, national and practice protocols and within the scope of qualified practice dealing with paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols Providing counselling and health education and supporting health screening programmes Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards Collecting data for audit purposes Acting appropriately in relation to alerts, QOF, medicines management, local enhanced services and other reminders during a consultation Undertaking special health care reviews such as SMI health checks, Learning Disability health checks and cancer care reviews. Responding to medical problems presented including history taking, examination, organising referral and for investigation and treatment elsewhere as appropriate Providing clear, confident explanations to patients about their clinical management plan and ensuring that the patient is aware and in agreement with this plan Justifying the choice of medication recommended and understanding the impact of co-morbidities and other medications, poly-pharmacy on agent choice and prognosis Adhering to the practice prescribing formulary, local and national guidelines Ensuring that the use of EPS is maximised The role may also require: Blood pressure checks Urinalysis Ear irrigation Dressings Contraception and fitting of IUDs Routine and other adult and child immunisations and vaccinations Removal of sutures/clips Assisting with minor procedures Please refer to the full JD/person spec provide

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